Action Comics #194

(July 1954)

Superboy Says: "Don't Give Fire a Place to Start!" (Table of Contents: 1)

Superboy / public service announcement / 1 page (report information)

Script

Jack Schiff

Pencils

Win Mortimer

Inks

Win Mortimer

Letters

Ira Schnapp

Genre

advocacy; superhero

Synopsis

Superboy puts out a fire at the Smallville Teen-Age Club which inspires them to start a project to educate people about fire prevention.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

The Outlaws from Krypton! (Table of Contents: 2)

Superman / comic story / 12 pages (report information)

Script

Bill Finger

Pencils

Wayne Boring

Inks

Stan Kaye

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Characters

Superman [Clark Kent]; three super-powered Kryptonians

Reprints

• in Superman Annual (DC, 1960 series) #4 ([Winter] 1961)
• in Superman (DC, 1939 series) #217 (June-July 1969)
• in Supermann (Illustrerte Klassikere / Williams Forlag, 1969 series) #19/1969 ([desember] 1969)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3) (Expand) /

Tootsie Roll / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

Adventures of the Dubble Bubble Kids / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

Editorial Advisory Board (Table of Contents: 5) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

The Bare-Handed Hunter! (Table of Contents: 6)

Congo Bill / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Ed Smalle

Inks

Ed Smalle

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

jungle; adventure

Characters

Congo Bill; Janu; Mohair

Synopsis

Mr. Mohair believes that he has a magic charm that enables him to best any animal.

Keywords

Belgium Prospecting Company; blowguns; charms; gorillas; leopards; lions; mimosa seeds; warthogs

Indexer Notes

Mr. Mohair's son trails along behind him, shouting the tag line "That's my pop!" from the Milt Gross comic strip "That's My Pop" every time his father successfully engages a new animal.

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Scripto / advertisement / 0.33 page (report information)

"Free" Wheeling with Abbott and Costello (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

Popsicle / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

Varsity Vic / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script

Henry Boltinoff

Pencils

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Inks

Henry Boltinoff (signed)

Colors

?

Letters

?

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Gloria, will you go to the prom with me?

Genre

humor; teen

The Impossible Space-Ship! (Table of Contents: 10)

Tommy Tomorrow / comic story / 5.67 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

Jim Mooney

Inks

Jim Mooney

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

science fiction

Superman's Secret Message (Table of Contents: 11) (Expand) /

Supermen of America / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.33 page (report information)

Adventure in the Antarctic (Table of Contents: 12)

text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script

?

Pencils

?

Inks

?

Colors

?

Letters

typeset

Genre

adventure

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 13) (Expand) /

Schwinn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

The Unlucky Horseshoe (Table of Contents: 14)

Vigilante / comic story / 8 pages (report information)

Script

Dick Wood

Pencils

Howard Sherman

Inks

Howard Sherman

Colors

?

Letters

?

Genre

superhero

Reprints

• in Four Star Spectacular (DC, 1976 series) #5 (November-December 1976)
• in Super Adventure Album (K. G. Murray, 1976 ? series) #4 ([Circa 1976-1977])

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Hercules Lightweights / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Wilson Chem. Co. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Thom McAn / advertisement / 1 page (report information)